[OSM-talk] Google Street View copyright question

[Roy Wallace]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
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> By "license agreement" you mean the ToS?  A ToS violation, which is not a
> violation of copyright or database law, is between Google and the violator.
> As long as OSM says "don't do it", and doesn't encourage violations, it
> really doesn't matter to OSM if people listen or not.

Hmm interesting. They would still issue a take-down notice, wouldn't
they? And then take OSM to court (again, regardless of whether they
would win)? If the objective is to avoid lawsuits, I'm not sure your
suggestion is cautious enough.

> In fact, it benefits them for us to do it if we in turn
> give them permission to use our database to correct their data.

Yup. Getting permission would be the best outcome IMHO.